Black Falsebolete

Boletopsis leucomelaena

In coniferous forests, especially sandy pine forests. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies large. Cap 5-15 cm across, fleshy, irregularly shaped, the surface smooth, matt, greyish-brown, blackish-grey, in old mushrooms cracked, as if finely scaly. Tubes white, greyish, short. Stem 2-5 (8)x-3 cm, central or eccentric, the colour of the cap. Flesh white, stained violet-pink when cut, later darkening to blackish. Characteristic features: dirty greyish-blackish-brownish, firm fruiting bodies. Grows singly. Edible, but of no special taste. Rare. Protected.